Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


despicable conduct the Secretary
proclaims to the country his re.
sumption of the convenient role of
a pot-house politician of the infa-
nous Tweed school, where, / believe
Mr.. Whitney took his first polite
al lessons.
President Cleveland's second
round with the Grand Army of the
Republic, like the first resulted in
his utter discOmfture-the third
will be in November, 1SSS-and
they do say that Rebel battle flags
and st. Louis, are tabOOed subjects
at the White House. Grand Army
men at the Capital generally regard
the Presidents timely declination
of his proposed st. Louis visit as a
happy radiance OF an welcome
guest, but at the same time, they
Indignantly and scornfully repel
and resent the false and foolish in
situation, so unworthy of one hold
ing such a great office, that he
wishes to avoid probable insults on
account of acts done as official du-
ties. Mr.. Cleveland's grave allu-
sion to "threats ofpersOnal violence
and HARM are positively childish
and ridiculous, and show that he is
absolutely begging the question.
Another strange thing is his speak
ing of loyal Missouri, which fur
nished 10000 Union troops, as
Southern State. Is it possible that
little Dan Lamont no longer gives
his master points on geography
and history Really it seems SO.
The people OF Washington, es-
pecially the medical fraternity, are
beginning to look forward with
pleasant anticipations to the meet
ing of the International Medical
Congress in this city next Septem-
ber-for which purpose Congress
only appropriated $4,000 which
memorable event promises to be OF
great Importance to that noble pro-
fession that has done more than
any other agency for the we'll being
of suffering humanity.
A prominent Democratic Treas
ury Official, Oscar J. Harvey, has
been jailed for slaughtering war
horses with his able pen-not the
political warehouses of whom you
have read so much, for they are
only of nominal value-and what is
worse, he made the Government
pay tor them at the rate of $500
each. This man had charge OF the
settlement of claims Of military Of
ficers on account of horses lost in
army service, and wheneverIU suited
his purpose to do so, f5ryey would
put through a claim by'a series of
sharp forgeries and take the money.
The forgeries really foot up to
$4,000 but he only realized about
$4,000 before his rascality was ex-
posed. The fallen clerk confesses
his guilt. In such cases the penal
ty is ten years Imprisonment, or
$1,000 fine, or both in each case;
there are between one and two
hundred cases against him.
The judicatory in the case Of
Rev. F. VI. Todd, of Manassas, Va,
after deli berating many days as to
whether or not be was guilty OF IN.
chastity returned the old Scotch
verdict "not proven" The case
was tried IN this city and was re-
garded with more than usual inter
est as the Presidents pastor, DR..
Sunderland, was Counsel for the
defendent. DR.. Sunderland and
his client are displeased with the
result and will take an appeal.
An important modification of the
Civil Service rules is the repeal of
the clause limiting the age of the
candidate to forty.fve years; one
effect of this will be to open the
way for ex.Confederate soldiers,
most of whom nave hitherto been
excluded under that regulation.
Inclusive OF fourth. class post
masters, the number Of "chief Off
GERS of the Government is %, 1874,
and in these there have been A 1892
changed under President Cleve-
land, which is a better showing
than many Democrats supposed
possible. Washington is one Of the
few large cities of the country still
having a Republican postmaster,
but there are strong indications Of
a change very soon.
President and Mrs. Cleyeland
expect to leave in day or two on
a visit to different points in New
York State.
About S1,25O,OO0 in three per
cent bonds we're redeemed at the
Treasury Department this week.
The female clerks OF the Patent
Office are all agog over an intrigue
brought to light by the Bacon ex-
pose. 1t is said that one lady had
so wrought upon the old mans
susceptibility to female charms that
she secured advances from her
lover amounting to $3.50. 1t ap-
pears that this lady, (she may be
one, although Bacon had a wife
and grown children,) was already
marked for decapitatiOn on July
LIST. bnt now she will be permitted
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